Catheter assembly for intracardiac suture
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Jul 27, 1999
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Jan 30, 1998
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Jan 30, 1997
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Disclosed is an assembly catheter for intracardiac suture. The assembly catheter includes a hooking catheter 3 provided with a suture-hooking means 32 at a distal end and with a manipulating element (grip) 33 at a proximal end; a piercing catheter 2 having lumen 21 for movably holding the hooking catheter 3 and provided with a piercing needle 25 at a distal end and with a hemostatic valve 24 as a hemostatic means at a proximal end, the distal portion 28 of the piercing catheter adjacent to the piercing needle 25 being easily bendable; a sheath 1 having a lumen 11 for movably holding the piercing catheter 2 and provided with a hemostatic valve 14 as a hemostatic means at a proximal end; and a catheter-bending means 4 connected to the piercing needle 25 of the piercing catheter 2; in which the distal portion 28 of the piercing catheter 2 can be bent by the catheter-bending means 4. The catheter assembly is applicable to intracardiac suture for various configurations of ASD.
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